comment #1

actionman says ...

Viola Davis was certainly amazing in Doubt but she didn't have enough material. Same goes with Shannon in Rev Road -- amazing work but not enough.

Winslet should win for Rev Road -- fantastic performance in a fantastic film.

I'd go with Rosemarie DeWit in Rachel Gettign Married. Now that was a terrific "supporting" performance.

comment #2

actionman says ...

*DeWitt*

comment #3

Sabina E says ...

I'm also rooting for Viola Davis. Such a great, underrated actress

It would be nice to see a woman of color win an Oscar again.

comment #4

raygo says ...

I don't think this could happen at the Oscars (double nomination in the Lead Actress category). I thought they combine votes for Leads. Seems like that's what happened with Leonardo DiCaprio with The Departed and Blood Diamond.

I remember the 70s (ahhh ... the 70s) when Diane Keaton broke out big time with Looking for Mr Goodbar and Annie Hall. She ended up being nominated (and winning) for Annie Hall, but I seem to recall most film writers assumed the strength of the combined votes for both films pushed her into the winner's circle.

comment #5

Josh Massey says ...

"It would be nice to see a woman of color win an Oscar again."

C'mon, people of color are winning everything these days! Leave something for us white folk!

comment #6

raygo says ...

P.S. I wouldn't complain if combined Lead votes for Winslet in RR and The Reader made her a winner in the Lead category. It might be a good strategy. Re-watched Little Children again this weekend. Underrated.

comment #7

Arran says ...

Hoggish? The woman is one of the finest actresses on the planet and has yet to receive an Oscar for anything (indeed, her Golden Globes wins were apparently her first major awards since Sense and Sensibility in 1996). Give her 10 awards. Nominate her five times in one category. I don't care. Just give Kate a fucking Oscar.

comment #8

Sabina E says ...

haha, hey Actionman, thanks for your lovely comment on my blog this morning, it made me smile :)

comment #9

raygo says ...

If only Helen Hunt had stayed on television where she belongs, Kate would have had her Oscar by now.

comment #10

Sabina E says ...

oh man... I don't think everyone even still remembers "As Good as It Gets," and nobody really remembers Helen Hunt's Oscar-winning performance..

proof that Oscars don't get always their wins right.

comment #11

raygo says ...

"As Good as It Gets" is just so overrated (and I like James L Brooks), with "nothing special" performances by everyone, except maybe Greg Kinnear. Oscar-winning Leads by Hunt and Nicholson? Now that's "hoggish".

comment #12

JHR says ...

Nothing hoggish about it, and if Winslet wins 2 Oscars this year, I will be thrilled.

And I will be completely bummed if she doesn't win at least one...

comment #13

JHR says ...

...and why no mention of Amy Adams in the Oscar balloon? I predict a nomination for her before Penelope Cruz gets one for VCB (not a knock against Cruz - I loved her here)...other noms for Tomei, DeWitt, Viola Davis, and of course for Winslet...and the Oscar goes to Kate Winslet...

Whatever happened to the buzz for Cruz in ELEGY? She was miscast, maybe, but a stronger performance then VCB...

comment #14

Josh Massey says ...

I would love to see Tomei win this year, just so she can grab the envelope from the presenter and hold it up for all to see.

comment #15

Sabina E says ...

I really hope Tomei gets a nod for the Wrestler... she was truly great in that.

comment #16

theultimatebiu says ...

Good for Kate....I am very happy for her success. She has always been the bridesmaid and never the bride.

comment #17

tommysunshine says ...

DeafTrashBrownPunk- wrong again. Halle Berry, Denzel, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx etc- Actors and actresses of color are not underrepresented at the Oscars.
I agree Helen Hunt's performance wasn't the most memorable but who would you have given the Oscar to?
Perhaps you should spend more time reading up about film and less time blogging.

comment #18

Edward Havens says ...

Maybe it's because of my non-religious upbringing, but I am not getting the love for Viola Davis specifically or Doubt in general. My wife and I were watching our screener, and as soon as Ms. Davis showed up, I commented "Okay, here is THE SCENE." It came, it went and we were both just sitting wondering what the big deal was. Was her performance supposed to be so awesome because she didn't overplay it? Sure, it's nice she didn't break into hysterics, but the scene didn't really resolve anything in the story itself. Sister Aloysius still had no proof as to what she was accusing Father Flynn of, and Mrs. Miller's revelation about her son didn't specifically mean Father Flynn did anything inappropriate. The scene with Mrs. Miller would have been far more effective if it actually changed anything, but it didn't. But then, the resolution was pretty weak in and of itself.

comment #19

/3rtfu11 says ...

I want Kate to take it home for lead actress in RR. If that Hilary Swank can be a double lead actress Oscar winner so can Winslet.

C'mon, people of color are winning everything these days! Leave something for us white folk!
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wrong again. Halle Berry, Denzel, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx etc- Actors and actresses of color are not underrepresented at the Oscars.
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comment #20

arturobandini2 says ...

I would've given Helen Hunt's Oscar to Julie Christie that year for Afterglow, but then I'm a major juliehead.

I acknowledge Winslet's chops, but personally she's too actressy for me to love. Really hated her "I'm an ACTRESS!" AmEx commercial (actually the whole campaign sucked, magnifying the neuroses of all the participants). Kate seems to be at her best when cast as a drama queen, like Heavenly Creatures. I can't bring myself to go see The Reader based on the commercial alone. The way she says "No ... No!!!!" is almost as annoying as "I want MY son back!!!!!!!"

comment #21

tommysunshine says ...

/3rtfu11. You somehow contrive to make your posts even more inarticulate than your name.
Well done! That's no mean feat...

comment #22

/3rtfu11 says ...

FYI: Jeff
Oprah asked John Patrick Shanley for the Viola Davis part. He flat out rejected the idea without giving her an audition.

comment #23

Floyd Thursby says ...

"'As Good as It Gets' is just so overrated (and I like James L Brooks), with "nothing special" performances by everyone, except maybe Greg Kinnear."

The dog gives easily the best performance.

comment #24

hcat says ...

Winslet was third in line for the 97 Oscar. It was Dench that should have won for Mrs. Brown. The supporting oscar she won the following year was a concellation prize for their mistake.

comment #25

Sabina E says ...

Tommysunshine:

really, shut the fuck up, you fucking goddamned pathetic piece of shit. You are the one who praised Bush and tried to claim Bush as the greatest, kind president of all time...

ENOUGH SAID!!!

what you really need is a nice thick, big juicy black dick shoved in your mouth.

Fucking cunt.

comment #26

raygo says ...

While we're at it ... Laura Linney needs an Oscar, stat! She's the Anglo Winslet.

comment #27

raygo says ...

DeafBrown ... seriously ... don't take the bait. That was a pretty vile comeback that only lowers you. Show some restraint.

comment #28

a1 says ...

See the post below this one? The one where the actor's 50+ year career is summed up by, "hey, it's the Fantasy Island guy in that nerd movie!" (otherwise known as "Alec Guinness' Disease)?

Well, that's one place where the Academy Awards can actually do some good. The more Oscars Winslet gets, the less chance her career of great performances will be summed up as, "hey, it's the girl from 'Titanic'!". Heck, that might even be one of the reasons she wants an Oscar so bad.

comment #29

actionman says ...

I don't know, raygo. Tommysunshine is a delusional moron who pretty much deserves whatever invective comes his way.

Deafbrown has an entertaining way with vulgarity that makes me laugh.

comment #30

actionman says ...

And yes, raygo. Linney is next in line. She's just so understated and none of her performances scream at the audience which is why I feel she slips under the radar. But she definitely should have gotten more recognition for her work in You Can Count On Me. Also, anyone around here seen P.S.? The movie is decent, but she's so damn good (and sexy) in that movie that I find myself rewatching it quite a bit.

comment #31

Sabina E says ...

Raygo, I'm not mad, I was just honest. A juicy black dick in his mouth is what he really, really needs.

comment #32

raygo says ...

I see your point. Still, it was jarring to see F#@king c&*t right above my comment about Laura Linney (who is anything but) after I hit the Post button. It was a WTF moment.

I'll have to take a visit to Deaf's blog. I do enjoy his comments.

comment #33

actionman says ...

Raygo -- Deafbrown is a lovely, lovely lady.

comment #34

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

"I would love to see Tomei win this year, just so she can grab the envelope from the presenter and hold it up for all to see."

Nice, Josh. Very clever. Despite what Wells says about most of us wanting to see Davis or Cruz (who doesn't even give a very good performance, IMHO) win, I'm "all in" for Marisa as supporting actress this year, baby!

Hoping for Winslet as Actress, Rourke as Actor (dunno...it's gonna be tight). Ledger's Supporting Actor win seems all but sewn up at this point, doesn't it? I mean I know the nominations aren't even out yet, but c'mon.

comment #35

raygo says ...

Just watched The Savages. Linney (and Hoffman) are awesomely understated. I didn't begrudge Julia Robert's her Erin Brockovich Oscar, since I think a real movie star deserves some recognition once in a while. I just thought Linney's moment would have come already, even in Supporting.

P.S. Roberts has surprised me with the ease in which she's entered middle age without much fuss or antics. I look forward to her later work to see if she has the chops to be a character actress. I think she was trying in Charlie Wilson's War.

comment #36

raygo says ...

Raygo -- Deafbrown is a lovely, lovely lady.

Seriously? Is there a shitstorm about to descend upon me? Sorry Deaf, how would I know.

comment #37

MindlessObamaton says ...

How come it's gotta be a black dick? White dicks not offensive enough, DBTP?

comment #38

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Yeah, I was kind of thinking the same thing, Mindless...

comment #39

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

"I think she was trying in Charlie Wilson's War."

Have we finally reached the stage where big stars simply get points for just trying? F'real?

I know if I went to McDonald's, forked over my $5 and they just "tried" to make my Big Mac correctly, "tried" not to drop my fries, "tried" to remember which drink I ordered...I would "try" not to kill them.

So fuck Julia Roberts and her so-called "effort."

comment #40

George Prager says ...

I'm also rooting for Marisa Tomaei. Such a great, underrated actress

It would be nice to see a wop win an Oscar again.

comment #41

George Prager says ...

I'd rather watch Ernest Borgnine beat off than watch AS GOOD AS IT GETS again.

comment #42

arturobandini2 says ...

Raygo, Laura Linney probably should've won an Oscar for The House of Mirth, but she wasn't even nominated in the supporting category that year. (Talk about your "fucking cunts" ... who knew Linney could play a villainess with such conviction? That sweet smile of hers can also send shivers down your spine.) While I preferred Linney in You Can Count on Me that year over Roberts in Brockovich, Gillian Anderson mopped the floor with both of them in House of Mirth. That she wasn't even nominated proved, once again, how goddamn phony and pathetic the Oscars really are.

comment #43

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

I'd rather watch Ernest Borgnine beat off, that's AS GOOD AS IT GETS!

comment #44

Rich S. says ...

"I'd rather watch Ernest Borgnine beat off than watch AS GOOD AS IT GETS again."

Who wouldn't? Just the thought of Ernie B making the "o" face makes me giddy.

comment #45

raygo says ...

Agreed. House of Mirth is a favorite of mine. Linney was golden as the villian in that, and in Mystic River.

And CitizenKaned ... yeah, I think a "movie star" gets points for championing smaller films, taking riskier/smaller parts (Full Frontal, Charlie Wilson's War), aging naturally, and trying to reimagine themselves, even in the face of blunt criticism.

comment #46

actionman says ...

"It would be nice to see a wop win an Oscar again."

funniest line of the day.

comment #47

George Prager says ...

I'd rather watch Abe Vigoda give Ernest Borgnine a blow job than watch THE HOUSE OF MIRTH again.

comment #48

arturobandini2 says ...

Prager, you might prefer Gillian Anderson in Straightheads (a/k/a Closure), where she violently sodomizes her rapist with the barrel of a shotgun. Talk about dramatic range.

comment #49

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Uh, no. I couldn't disagree more.

Roberts should be so lucky to work with a real filmmaker like Soderbergh. The directors she normally works with are studio pushovers at worst or old journeymen at best.

I've never really seen her "champion" anything she's starred in ("Full Frontal" included), let alone talk seriously about a film she's in for more than a minute at a time.

When has she ever tried to reimagine herself? "Mary Reilly" is about the only thing that comes to mind. That didn't really work out for her, so she's been back to the ol' reliable rom-coms and older glam girl parts. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Blunt criticism (of which there's not enough of these days, IMHO) is part of the acting game...you get paid $15 million for a part, some people may not like it. Tough.

The aging naturally comment is barely worth addressing. My grandma ages naturally. Julia Roberts? After her daily spa treatment of manicure, pedicure, facial, hair salon, etc (not to mention the fact that she has assistants to do any sort of laborious everyday task that may be encountered)? Not so much.

comment #50

actionman says ...

I wonder how Duplicity will be? Great cast...

comment #51

George Prager says ...

I'd rather watch Charlie Bucket's two sets of grandparents have an orgy in their shared beds than watch MARY REILLY again.

comment #52

Sabina E says ...

CitizenKaned, I really don't care for Julia Roberts much, either... i think she's overrated as an actress, but she's certainly a celebrity, for sure.

comment #53

The InSneider says ...

I'm sorry, but why are we not talking about Meryl Streep in Doubt. She only has one Oscar, it's not like she doesn't deserve another. Winslet will have many more great performances but Streep is getting up there and her work in Doubt deserves to be acknowledged, surely more than it's being written off on this site.

comment #54

arturobandini2 says ...

I thought Meryl already had two (Kramer v. Kramer and Sophie's Choice)? I'll say it once again: the award should be going to Kristin Scott Thomas, who has no Oscars thus far and successfully reinvented herself in two standout screen performances this year, plus a starring run on Broadway in a Chekhov revival. That no one has evidently seen I've Loved You So Long is not an excuse for elimination.

comment #55

JHR says ...

"I'm sorry, but why are we not talking about Meryl Streep in Doubt."

I agree - Meryl Streep blew me away in DOUBT - she hasn't been this good in 20 years...the final scene in that movie took my breath away...DOUBT is in my top 5, and I am sick that it has been pushed aside for BP consideration in favor of mediocrity like Benjamin Button...

I will see Rev Road this weekend. In the supporting category, Winslet is a slam dunk for the Oscar...I will be interested to see her in Rev Road, the more talked about role on this site, mostly pushed by Jeff...

comment #56

JHR says ...

The "Kristin Scott Thomas / Mellssa Leo" art house train seems to have derailed, and I don't understand why...I will be sick if Angeilina Jolie and Cate Blanchett make the final 5 over these actresses...but I fully expect that Winslet, Streep, and Hathaway are locks for nominations...

comment #57

Andrea says ...

Winslet deserves to win for The Reader. Just because Wells thinks she deserves it for Rev Road doesnt mean others have to.

comment #58

alan says ...

The Oscar nomination ballot deadline has already passed, so it's a bit late to "nip this" at this point.

Also, all of the arguing about which movie Winslet should win for is the reason she'll likely win for both this year. A big enough block of voters will vote for her in one category, and a big enough block of voters will vote for her in another category, that when combined with the voters who really want to see her win and thus pick her in both categories, will be enough to make it happen.

comment #59

austin111 says ...

Thank God Winslet will get all her oscars on one night. Then I won't have to listen to her rabid fans whine and groan about how unappreciated she is by the award gods, anymore. Yes, I will get down on my hands and knees and thank him for this. Then maybe we can all get on with out lives and better put things into perspective.

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